From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 22:42:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2981065676 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 22:42:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 606C88FC0C for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 22:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi18 with SMTP id i18so1706861bkv.13 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 15:42:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=O5o1SSVosOm8EFpMu0bWTJjWRXCj84qcULvJV/bjeAc=; b=Zf/69L/E1KGnN763hom7HOhnCMrOshkFWg1X9+5f/BvaIdLDeuZsyfAHXok0yZ/0Lk xjcSRG3lK+eNVkQk3RkqVORHm45I+6n/pCvLTz8EhCMiZYjqBxs5rlvf1MaKtnYl9aeQ VHgJrgIXC2fLeruzBKwG76WVUy2jZz+Sn8AAF7nQXFT7Q8YZI8J/Y+DOqrD58XhCtNMS Hfk2PLztXGGPue6zTNACpBYBIIL9YjFVQzHmVm6ZRvcwsBlKSCfSae6cJTK526S2F+t3 9eh/rWoyovl8I6Z5TPgk0/ORemMCvCvk7mb6T+Bsi0WkWg2BHrbAHj/uzCmmUEFTM8ra WFuQ== Received: by 10.204.154.193 with SMTP id p1mr170208bkw.102.1338504164237; Thu, 31 May 2012 15:42:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Thu, 31 May 2012 15:42:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FC7F030.6080006@gthcfoundation.org> References: <4FC75618.8060806@intersonic.se> <4FC7A1D1.90907@intersonic.se> <4FC7F030.6080006@gthcfoundation.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 23:42:13 +0100 Message-ID: To: erob@gthcfoundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kde3-network compile error, is this fixable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 22:42:45 -0000 On 31 May 2012 23:26, Etienne Robillard wrote: > On 05/31/2012 05:27 PM, Chris Rees wrote: >> >> On 31 May 2012 17:52, Per olof Ljungmark =A0wrote: >>> >>> On 05/31/12 14:16, Chris Rees wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 31, 2012 12:39 PM, "Per olof Ljungmark" >>>> =A0wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I find KDE4 unusable and xfce a bit weak for my purposes so I'm tryin= g >>>>> to >>>> >>>> >>>> stick to KDE3. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Just a reminder that although people may try to help you, kde3 is >>>> unmaintained. >>> >>> >>> >>> BTW, if KDE3 is unmaintained and this gous for FreeBSD too, perhaps it >>> should be mentioned in the Handbook? >>> >> >> There is very little software that is unmaintained upstream and is >> maintained here-- it is strongly discouraged. =A0Such a declaration >> would be therefore redundant; EOL upstream means unsupported in >> FreeBSD. >> >> Chris > > > Hi Chris, > > I don't know really for kde3-network specifically but I managed to compil= e > on a kde-lite without much problems on 8-STABLE after having deleted open= ssl > port. > > As for whether it is unmaintained, as long its not broken, I don't see > a reason to fix it unless you have specific needs for kde4... Of course-- my point was that a note in the Handbook should be unnecessary-- if it's EOL upstream then it is almost certainly not maintained or supported here. Chris